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All French islands over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), ranked by decreasing area. ...
Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Mopelia: Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Moresby: Haida Gwaii, British Columbia Canada Morfil: River Senegal Senegal: Morgan Louisiana United States Morraceira: Beira Litoral islands Portugal: Morris
Saint-Pierre is French for Saint Peter, the patron saint of fishermen. [9]The present name of Miquelon was first noted in the form of Micquetô, Miqueton or Micquellon in the French Basque sailor Martin de Hoyarçabal's 1579 navigational pilot for Newfoundland, Les voyages aventureux du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsabal, habitant du çubiburu:
At the 2019 census, 82.4% of the inhabitants of La Réunion were born on the island, 11.7% were born in Metropolitan France, 1.0% were born in Mayotte, 0.3% were born in the rest of Overseas France, and 4.6% were born in foreign countries (46% of them children of French expatriates and settlers born in foreign countries, such as children of ...
Uninhabited islands of France (7 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Islands of France" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Moʻorea (English: / ˌ m oʊ. oʊ ˈ r eɪ. ɑː / or / ˈ m oʊ. oʊ r eɪ /; [4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia.It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti.
The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands (French: Îles Glorieuses or officially also Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi). They are controlled by France as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands , a French overseas territory , but are ...
The island's beaches consist of both white and black sands, as well as beaches of golden sand. Of the two islands, Grande-Terre is home to the majority of Guadeloupe's farmlands and tourist resorts. Grande-Terre Island (upper right) from space, September 1994. North is to the upper left in this view. The island has a land area of 586.68 km 2. [1]